The clouds of smoke hanging in the basement air belied a sordid atmosphere to the four young college kids relaxing on the long L shaped sofa. An ornate Chinese pipe passed regularly from one to the next, sleepily lit by each one in turn. Housecats milled around waiting to be fed. Then they spoke:'We are divine! Bow to us or you will perish!'The kids blinked. These cats weren't just talking, they were making demands. But it sounded cool, so they continued to listen. The cats gave them a dozen names, people to be killed, no questions asked and the kids knew; they knew they had no choice. From now on these cats were in charge.

Do you, by virtue of possessing grace in the natural order of things, feel above and beyond your fellow man?

I am your Egyptian GodThe King of the sands and all forgotResting in the House of RaAmmon makes his brave descentAnubis coming down the hallcollision of the ancient worldsEgypt come to lifeWhen the stars shine bright in the night skyand pyramids create a mystic design10,000 plus years since the dynasty of the Godstheir ancient temples shall rise out of the sandsand cast light on Egyptian culture yet againRa, Anubis, comeIsis and OsirisCome to me Amon RaCome to me Ammon and AnubisFall from the sky into your landbound templesCast and etched deep in the shadows of the land of the eternal sunI am your Egyptian God of GodsTouten Ramas, the king of all below and aboveBeyond the sunLegends untoldnot written downfrom the days when it was forbidden to writewhen it was forbidden to teachof the ancient one that gave birth to all othersCome together and give birth to your father once moreand awaken the sleeping giantRamses the immortal king of the damnedwandering dead through the sunlit landsTouten Ramas has come at lastNewborn but ancientand telling the world and eternity to kiss his assLive your lies of pleasurepretend that you're notAnd love the addictions of men and womenwhile pretending that you're above themThe son has surpassed the fatherAnd even Adamu Annunaki has been promoted from first watcherto realizing just how ignorant he and his lot have beenLive sweetly in your delusionsHere I come againTime for the ancient temples to rise out of the sandsAnd cast light on Egyptian culture and the blight of man

If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I would feel trapped.

What we take ourselves to be doing when we think about what is the case or how we should act is something that cannot be reconciled with a reductive naturalism, for reasons distinct from those that entail the irreducibility of consciousness. It is not merely the subjectivity of thought but its capacity to transcend subjectivity and to discover what is objectively the case that presents a problem....Thought and reasoning are correct or incorrect in virtue of something independent of the thinker's beliefs, and even independent of the community of thinkers to which he belongs.